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27 February

12 killed in Kabul bombing

By Farhad Naibkhel-KABUL: At least 12 people were killed and eight others wounded in a suicide attack in Kabul Saturday afternoon, security officials said, an incident following the Kunar suicide attack earlier the day. “A suicide bomber blew himself up in front of the visitors’ gate of the Ministry of …

27 February

Children’s Literature Home opens relief fund

By Akhtar M.Nikzad-KABUL: The Children’s Literature Home (a non-profit organization helping children in education) opened a relief fund on Saturday to collect aid for improvement of children’s literature. Lack of appropriate books for children in the educational system has been considered the reason for the youth to establish the Home …

27 February

Security forces kill 48 insurgents

AT-KABUL: Forty-eight Taliban fighters were killed and 25 others wounded in different operations launched by the security forces in the past 24 hours, security officials said Saturday. “The National Army launched in a series of joint operations with the national police and National Directorate of Security (NDS) have in different …

27 February

Troops rescue 35 hostages from Taliban

AT-KABUL: The Afghan army’s Special Forces in an operation released 35 civilians taken hostage by the Taliban in southern Helmand province, defense ministry said Saturday. The operation was launched Friday night in the Nad Ali district, it said in a statement. “The hostages were five women, five men and 25 …

27 February

Afghan children caught between fear and despair

By M. Nadeem Alizai-Pakistan has been major host of Afghan refugees since 1979 when the then Soviet Union invaded Afghanistan. Currently, around 1.5 million registered and over one million unregistered Afghan refugees live in the country. Since ouster of the Taliban from power in 2002, the UN High Commissioner for …

26 February

Ex-official accuses government of violating constitution

AT-KABUL: A former minister and critical politician accused the government of “violating the constitution and deceiving people”, demanding for a prematurely presidential election. “We demand for the early presidential election to remove the distance between government and the nation,” said the two-time minister Anwarul Haq Ahadi, who leads a newly …

26 February

‘Delay in electoral reforms undermines political stability’

By Farhad Naibkhel-KABUL: Afghan Civil Society Network for Elections criticized delay in the electoral bodies’ reforms, saying that further postponement would mar political stability. “Government has no strong political intention to bring reforms in electoral bodies, thus,” said the civil society executive chief Habiburrahman Nang. He emphasized that reforms must …

26 February

It’s time for Afghanistan, Pakistan to jointly fight polio

By Mansoor Faizy-KABUL: For the first time Afghanistan and Pakistan nodded for a joint fight where it seems a win-win situation for both the countries, and that’s a joint fight against polio, a crippling disease which left a large number of children in uncertain situation in the two neighboring countries. …

26 February

Editorial: Diminishing trust

Anti-corruption strategies of the National Unity Government (NUG) are drawn-out and had fallen far short of the objectives. The teetering drives against corrupt official will continue to face the same fate and traumatize the already troubled nation. Reason behind the failure is very clear. Authorities are not fighting corruption wholeheartedly. …

26 February

Rehabilitation of addicts: A long road ahead

By Farhad Naibkhel-KABUL: The Public Health Ministry has collected hundreds of drug addicts. The health ministry wants to rehabilitate them so they could realize what a healthy life means. They story of these drug users have begun from under bridge and on the street life. They were haunted by the …